CONDITIONS JUST FINE IN THE HEART OF THE STATE, JACKSON PREP READY AND WILLING TO DEFEND THEIR CROWN OR ARE THEY. THE PATRIOTS WHO SET A PROGRAM BEST WITH 34 WINS EN ROUTE TO THEIR 14TH STATE TITLE, RETURN ACE ARM NOAH HUGHES AND MSU COMMIT JAKE MANGUM--BUT 2014 ISN'T A TITLE DEFENSE SEASON, IT'S A NEW MASTERPIECE WAITING TO HAPPEN SAYS THEIR SKIPPER BUT THIS IS THE BEST PART OF MEDIA DAY AT JACKSON PREP--THE MEDIA HOME RUN DERBY. RAY COLEMAN AND I FLYING THE FLAG JACKSON PREP--THE MEDIA HOME RUN DERBY. RAY COLEMAN AND I FLYING THE FLAG FOR 16....MSU COMMIT JAKE MANGUM WAS PAIRED UP WITH ME. RAY WORKING WITH TOM EMANSKI THIS OFFSEASON, GREAT FOOTWORK...TOE POINTED TO THE FENCE. RAY SET THE TEMPO...JUST HITTING DOUOBLES INTO THE GAP MYSELF--I FAILED MISERABLY LAST YEAR...BUT WAS COMING OUT OF MY SHOES TODAY. GOT UNDER A FEW, BUT GAVE EM A RIDE. UNOFFICIALLY I THINK I SCORED HIGHEST OF ALL THE MEDIA TYPES, BUT IT WAS A COMBINED EVENT WITH YOUR ASSIGNED JACKSON PREP STAR...WE FINISHED IN TOP 3 THANKS ASLAN. A FINAL CHECK OF THE FORECAST IS NEXT.